§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each scheme in his Department's current programme, together with the cost at current prices, for(a) junction improvements in the Greater London area, (b) other road improvements in the Greater London area and (c) new roads in the Greater London area.
§ Mr. NorrisThe trunk road major improvement programme for London is as follows:
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1Cost £ million (a) Junctions A2 Kidbrooke Park road interchange 7.0 A3 Robin Hood Gate junction 27.4 A3 Hook interchange improvement 11.5 A4 Henlys corner/Waggoners corner junction improvement 9.6 A12 Eastern avenue/Whalebone lane junction improvement 3.9 Al2/Al27 Gallows corner intersection improvement 1.3 A13/A112 Prince Regents lane 36.9 A13/A117 junction 28.5 A13 Butcher row junction improvement 1.3 A13 West India Dock road junction improvement (interim) 3.3 A13 West India Dock road junction improvement (final) 1.4 A13 Blackwall tunnel/Cotton street junctions 3.0 Al3 Movers lane junction improvement 24.3 A40 Long lane junction improvement 40.2 A40 Gipsy corner junction 35.9 A40 Western circus junction improvement 37.3 A406 Golders Green road junction 24.5 A406 Regent's Park road junction improvement 70.1 M1 Junction I improvement 5.1 M4 Junction 4 and 4A improvement 14.8 (b) Other road improvement A406 Popes lane/Western avenue 83.4 A406 Hanger lane to Harrow road 111.7
1Cost £ million A406 Ironbridge to Neasden improvement 5.3 A406 East of Falloden way—Finchley high road 57.6 A406 Bounds Green/Green lanes improvement 133.4 A406 Dysons road/Hall lane 48.3 A406 East of Silver street A1010 29.8 A406 Chingford road to Hale End road 117.4 Al3 Ironbridge to Canning Town improvement 50.7 A40 Long lane—West End road improvement 4.6 A205 Catford town centre improvement 9.5 (c) New roads Al/M1 Link—Scratchwood 33.0 Al2 Hackney Wick to M11 link 180.6 A13 Heathway—Wennington 170.0 A23 Coulsdon inner relief road 19.0 A102 Blackwall tunnel spur 39.0 A102 Blackwall tunnel third bore 105.0 A406 East London river crossing 283.1 1 Works and land but excluding VAT.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money was spent in each year since 1979 on(a) new road building and (b) road improvements in the Greater London area; and what is the planned expenditure for the next five years.
§ Mr. NorrisSpend on major trunk road schemes, excluding land, in London from 1982–83 onwards is given in the table.
Year £ million 1982–83 30.4 1983–84 20.7 1984–85 19.7 1985–86 54.3 1986–87 85.1 1987–88 88.0 1988–89 61.7 1989–90 118.9 1990–91 138.9 1991–92 134.1 1992–93 123.3 To provide earlier figures or the breakdown requested between new construction and improvements would involve disproportionate costs. The forecast expenditure for the current year is £123.3 million. Decisions about expenditure in the future have still to be taken.